Club Ciclista Olímpico La Banda, also known as simply Ciclista Olímpico, is an Argentine sports club based in La Banda, Santiago del Estero. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of the Argentine league system.

Ciclista Olímpico
NicknameNegro
LeaguesLiga Nacional de Básquet
Liga Sudamericana
Founded9 December 1921; 102 years ago (1921-12-09)
ArenaVicente Rosales
LocationLa Banda, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Team colors   
PresidentLuis Moukarsel
Head coachGuillermo Narvarte
Websiteciclistaolimpico.com.ar
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Other sports practised at the club are field hockey, women's football, rugby union, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

History

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Ciclista Olímpico ("Olympic Bicycle racer" in English) was founded on December 9, 1921, first with bicycle racing as the main activity such as its name indicated. Soon, the club incorporated basketball as a new activity, being the first club in Santiago del Estero where members could play that sport.

Current roster

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Logo of the basketball section
Ciclista Olímpico roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
C 1   Mohamed Sow 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 23 – (2001-08-01)1 August 2001
PG 2   Trevor Gaskins
PG 5   Nicolas De los
PG 7   Guillermo Allende
G 9   Lucas Ortiz
PG 12   Rodrigo Gallegos
SG 13   Luciano Ortiz
G 15   Elyjah Clark 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998
C 17   Alejandro Reyna
C 21   Damian Tintorelli
C 35   Roberto Acuña 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
C 90   Ricardo Glenn 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1990-05-01)1 May 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: 2020-02-23

Notable players

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To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Head coaches

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References

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  1. ^ Gelvis Solano, el “dueño” de la pelota El Liberal, 6 June 2019. Accessed 21 February 2020. (in Spanish)
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